. >> until now ralph johnson has never talked on national tv about what he witnessed as a supervising corrections officer at the baltimore city jail. >> people from the neighborhood that become correctional officers and inmates that become correctional officers. >> an institution recently overrun with sex drugs and corruption. >> what happened? >> it really blows old out of control in 2004 when the state started hiring 18-year-olds. >> i thought that was kind of crazy. how can you have an 18-year-old who does not have any experience on life, and you put him on a section of seasoned inmates and suspect nothing is going to happen to that child. >> reporter: maryland's short-lived experiment hiring males and females as young as 18 was attempting to approach the issue of low paying jobs, but it backfired that the younger cos were inexperienced untrained and vulnerable. >> the veteran inmates you know they was licking their chops. they was saying these innocent 18-year-old, they would eat them alive. they would manipulate them, they would have sex with them, they would have them bring thin

. >> until now ralph johnson has never talked on tv of what he witnessed by a supervising corrections officer at the baltimore city jail. >> people from your neighborhood inmates become corrections officers. >> an institution overrun with sex, drugs and corruption. >> what happened? >> it really blossomed out of control in 2014 when they started hiring 18-year-olds. >> maryland's short experiment, hiring officers as young as 1 was intended to address a shortage of qualified applicants willing to take low paying jobs, but critics like johnson, who has written a book about the jail, said that it backfired, that the young cos were inexperienced and not well trained and volatile. >> they would manipulate them and have sex with them. and then, it became a money making operation. >> they were making money april inside of the jail. >> it evolved. >> following a multiyear investigation, that involved wiretaps and surveillance, in 2013, 27 corrections officers were indicted. allegations they helped a prison gang running drugs and launder money. more than a dozen members of the black guerilla g

johnson family. dozens of people turned out this afternoon at the pub near highway 85 for a bbq. a silent auction and ralph the owner says it's a regular hangout for san jose police officers, the pub hopes to raise at least $30,000 by closing time at 2:00 a.m. >>> our coverage of officer johnson's memorial continues on abc7.com. you'll find all of today's speeches and a photo gallery. >> let's get our first check of the weather forecast right now? >> we check in with spencer christian. >> it's a lovely day around the bay area. winds are still pretty brisk, calmer than yesterday. this is a little warmer than yesterday. you can see we have sunny skies, hardly a cloud to be found anywhere. still pretty brisk in some spots, gusts to 28 miles an hour. it's still breezy across much of the bay area. blue sky over san francisco and over the bay from our camera is currently 63 in san francisco 70 in oakland. san jose 7 h 69. 57, a cool 57 in half moon bay. looking at ocean beach, under clear skies 72 right now, in santa rosa. 70 66 in petaluma. low 70s in fairfield concord and livermore. here's our first forecast i